Questions tagged [windows-server-2012-r2]
Windows Server 2012 R2 is a server operating system from Microsoft. It was published on May 31 2013, and reached End Of Life on Oct 10, 2023. It contains many substantial changes over it predecessor, and substantially streamlines the number of available versions, which are down to four: Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter.
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Why can't admins view user's redirected folders?
Followed this doc to setup folder redirection: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj649078(v=ws.11).aspx
Setup permissions like so:
But in addition to a "Folder Redirection Users" group I ...
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Auto Mapping Network Drives
I'm an IT Apprentice trying to use a group policy (in Windows Server 2012) to auto map network folders when someone first logs on to a machine. This is the batch file I have written and the 'Share' ...
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Delaying iSCSI Target service startup
we are using Windows Server 2012 R2 to provide some iSCSI targets for other servers. The server has a storage pool, and there is a virtual disk on top of that, and then an iSCSI target is created on ...
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In-place upgrade from Windows Server 2008 (Not R2) to 2012 R2
Is it possible to perform an In-Place upgrade straight from Server 2008 (Not R2) to 2012 R2?
I have read a number of pages but they all talk of upgrading from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2, not 2008 to 2012 R2..
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Windows Server 2012 R2 port 443 open, stopping IIS doesn't work
Sorry for the bad wording in the title, 'doesn't help' is not allowed as a title, I am definitely able to stop IIS.
While trying to install VisualSVN I ran into the problem that port 443 was already ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 and Visual Studio 2015 Community
So I'm trying to install Visual Studio 2015 Community on my Windows Server 2012 R2 box which will end up being a Jenkins build server. Attempting to do so gives an error saying that I need to install ...
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Installing Web Deploy with Desired State Configuration (DSC) silently fails
Absolutely brand new to DSC, so I am really stumbling through things right now. I have a basic configuration that ensures IIS, .NET 4.5, and MSMQ are installed. I am working toward configuring a new ...
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DNS forwarding for external addresses on same domain as Windows Server 2012
I am experimenting with using a windows server 2012r2 installation purely for DNS for my network (no AD etc). I have set up the zone for my domain e.g. example.com and successfully added some A ...
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Where is information about Storage Pools and Virtual Disks stored in Windows Server?
Environment: Azure, Windows 2012 R2 VMs.
I've created a Storage Pool of 3 disks (VHDs), striped, a Virtual Disk on top of it, and a volume. Then I've stopped this VM, detached these VHDs and attached ...
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Can't log in to Windows Server 2012 after removing AD DS
As title says, I just demoted my domain controller on my Windows Server 2012. I followed this guide in doing so:
How to demote a Domain Controller in Windows Server 2012 (AD DS) | blogs.interfacett....
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"Net Send" command into Windows Server 2012 R2
I remember that in preceding versions of Windows server there was a command to send to the client (in this case all with Windows 7 -64 bit-) a message that appears on the screen.
Still exist for ...
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Mount windows server 2012 DVD on centos 7
I'm trying to install windows server 2012 R2 on a VM using virt-manager on centos 7. During the install it will not allow me to select the DVD drive (greyed out).
I tried the following command:
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What permissions are required for a domain user to login to a domain machine?
I have been under the impression that Domain Users should be able to login to a domain joined machine with their domain credentials out of the box and no special permissions needed. I'm running this ...
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Can I disable DHCP client on my Windows 2012R2 server (which uses static IP)?
I looking through the services list on some of the Windows 2012 R2 servers here and noticed that DHCP client is running, despite the servers using static IP on all interfaces.
This seemed like a no-...
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Migrating DNS from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012 R2
Current environment: Two Windows Server 2003 servers, not joined to our domain (These are here to handle our outside DNS requests).
Plan: Stand up Windows Server 2012 R2 server, do not join to our ...
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How can I get Windows Server 2012 R2 to stop asking for a file share password?
We have one folder on a Windows Server 2012 R2 that we want to share without passwords. I've tried everything I can find, but no matter what I try, the server prompts for a password on the share and ...
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Active Directory Replication Design
Primer/Environment:
Sites: Santa Clara (data center), San Francisco (office), Seattle
(office), Boston (office)
Two Domain Controllers at each site.
All sites are able to talk to San Francisco but ...
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BitLocker - No TPM & No Flash Drive
I have done some research on using BitLocker in an environment where the machines do not have a TPM and it appears you will need to utilize a Flash Drive for it to work properly. This seems to be the ...
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Identify data loss due to logging failure on Exchange 2013 database(s)
Over the few weeks our Exchange server has had problems with its backup jobs failing to complete which has caused our normally ~empty log drives to fill up to the point where Exchange has dismounted ...
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How to configure multiple iSCSI Portal Groups on a EqualLogic PS6100?
I am working on a migration from a VMware vSphere environment to a Hyper-V Cluster utilizing Windows Server 2012 R2. The setup is pretty small, an EqualLogic PS6100e and two Dell PowerConnect 5424 ...
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Use Active Directory Administrative Center outside domain
I'm setting up a Active Directory lab environment on a Windows 8.1 laptop. I now have a Windows Server Core 2012 domain controller running inside a VM. I installed Server Manager for Windows 8.1 and ...
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How to get SharePoint 2013 to install on Server 2012R2 DataCenter?
I'm hung up on a "Error: The tool was unable to install Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role." error (as shown in the install log).
So far, I've run across a couple supposed fixes (they don'...
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Building a SAN on 2012R2 "Storage Spaces" - More Cores, or Faster Single Thread?
I am considering building a SAN unit on Server 2012R2 using Storage Space. In that situation is it more helpful to have more CPU cores, or less faster cores?
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Windows Server 2012 Inplace upgrade fails
Attempting inplace upgrade of Windows Server 2012 (x64) to R2 (x64)
Server is virtual (vmware)
ISO downloaded from VLSC
Login to Windows run setup.exe
Installer quits with the following error (at ...
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Domain Upgrade from 2012R2 to 2019 Exchange Compatibility
According to Microsoft, Exchange 2013 (highest CU) isn't compatible with a domain controller level of 2019. At least if I'm reading this matrix correctly:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/Exchange/...
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upgrade windows server 2012 R2 to windows server 2022
we want to upgrade our windows server 2012 R2 to windows server 2022, looks like we would have to do a clean install.
I have some hard drives (HDD & SSD) which have data, if we remove all the data ...
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File Explorer closes when viewing mapped drives and other SMB Shares
We've been dealing with an issue involving File Explorer closing, seemingly randomly, when viewing mapped network drives and other SMB Shares. The network connection(s) to these locations are not lost,...
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Preserving AD Configuration (User/Groups/OUs) After Uninstalling "Active Directory Domain Services" Role
I have somewhat of a unique challenge, I'm trying to migrate a old legacy server from a locally installed version of Active Directory Domain Service to a centrally managed AWS Directory Service. As ...
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Server 2012 R2 backup and restore
I do not have much experience with backup/restore to windows server images. I have a Windows server 2012r2 with sql and an accounting program. It is/was joined to a domain. I had to do a restore ...
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How can I do an offline update of a new Windows 2012 R2 server?
I'm installing a new Windows 2012 R2 server, and I want to bring it up to date before putting it on the network, but neither the August 2019 cumulative update nor the latest servicing stack update ...
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windows server 2012 r2 excessive disk activity
We have a Windows server 2012 R2 running web-based Sybase SQL & JBoss application.
We have experienced very poor response time of the application.
We found that the svchost.exe DHCPServer was ...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Freezing in multiple boot modes
We have a Dell R220 running Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard that has begun freezing during the boot process after doing a routine reboot. Specifically, once the Windows logo with the black background ...
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mklink folders from Windows server to AIX
We need to make a softlink to other server on AIX and when doing accordingly to guide in cmd occurs an error
mklink /D \\10.0.0.10\folder C:\folder
and it returns - The request is not supported
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Windows Server 2012 R2 HP MFP M130fn driver not installing
I'm having a problem with installing the Windows Server 2012 R2 and the 2008 R2 driver for the HP MFP m130fn LaserJet printer.
What I've tried so far:
I visited the download center, change the ...
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Can't Promote Server to Secondary Domain Controller
We have a server running Server 2008 R2 as our primary DC. We currently don't have a secondary DC, but are trying to add one. The secondary DC we are trying to use is running Server 2012 R2 Standard.
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Not Allow Download from Windows Server Network Share
I have a network share (SMB) on our file server (Windows 2012 R2) that will be holding sensitive data. I am trying to figure out how I can limit access to not allow anyone accessing the share to ...
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Are there any partition size limitations for 32-bit applications?
We have a legacy 32-bit application that is running on Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit. I need to add some additional storage but one of my peers believes that 32-bit software can't access a partition ...
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why are there are so many svchost established connections to Isilon?
Our client has a Isilon (used only for smb) with few nodes attached to it. When I run TCPView I don't understand why svchost service established the connection and why there're so many of them:
And ...
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Is chkdsk with the /scan option enough to check for logical and physical errors and bad sectors?
I checked an external HD connected to Windows Server 2012 R2 with the following command and output (sorry it is in Portuguese - it says there are no problems in the file system and no action is ...
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Windows - Use part of the memory as a partition
I have some machines processing some repetitive stuff. They have way more memory than needed, and a "faster disk" would come handy. So I'm thinking if there's a way I could use say half of the memory ...
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Disable TLS 1.0 and 1.1 on WIndows 2012 R2 ADFS and WAP
We have ADFS and WAP environment for publishing internal Urls on which we want to disable TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 as the browsers will stop accepting TLS1.0 from next year July.
As per my understanding ...
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RDP Remote apps - can they share a single session?
I have a Windows server with couple of remote apps. When a user starts from his client a remote app, each of the apps is executed in a separate RDP session. I am mainly concerned about the login time. ...
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DNS priority for computers/devices in different subnets, Server 2012 r2 domain
I have several sites with several subnets. Each site has a Domain Controller running DNS.
I want to have the client computers/devices query for arecord.domain.local from the local DNS server for that ...
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Run a (R) script as a service [server 2012R2]
(complete windows noob here, I've been using Linux since a kid)
If I just run:
C:\Progra~1\R\R-3.4.0\bin\x64\Rscript.exe C:\Users\NPX9sx9000010190CAL\Desktop\el_leo\code_15.R
in the windows server ...
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Revoked certificate still valid
I've recently setup a new domain joined Standalone CA on a Windows 2012 R2 server which is publicly accessible and authenticating fine, however, revoked certificates still appear to be authenticating. ...
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Shut down windows server 2012R2 KVM VM
Question:
Does anyone know how I can get the Windows 2012R2 virtual machines to shutdown when sent the signal by the cluster resource manager?
Background:
I am running Windows 2012R2 servers as ...
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How to fix windows update error 800700A1?
Windows update is trying to install KB3205401, however it always fails with 800700A1. How can I fix that?
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Using DFS without replication (aka single server)
I have an older Windows 2008R2 Server which operates as file server ("normal" smb shares).
As I need to replace it, I asked myself if it would be a good idea to move to DFS and start using namespaces, ...
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Why can't my user account remove an AD Computer in Powershell?
I have created a Computer account in OU=AutoCreatedVMs,OU=Computer. I have allowed the AD Group Join-Move-Delete VMs to Create/delete Computer objects in OU AutoCreatedVMs:
I have an account called ...
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Stop Windows Server 2012, Foundation Edition OEM tools from phoning home
On a DELL PowerEdge T110 II, the pre-installed Windows Server 2012 R2 (foundation edition) keeps requesting the page limwinsemea02.mfg.ie.dell.com over http port 80. We know this because of a firewall ...